Mary Fisher wrote:

We've been using ours for about five years.
LEDs ARE small ...

I take it you keep them turned off or in the dark for a fair amount of
the time though?

Most NiCds won't survive 1800+ crude charge/discharge cycles - even
decent cells on a smart charger will have a job.

--
Cheers,

John.

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